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Caves of Mars Project
The Caves of Mars Project was an early 2000s program funded through Phase II[clarification needed] by the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts, now known as the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts to demonstrate the feasibility of constructing human habitats in Martian caves, lavatubes, and other subsurface voids to facilitate scientific research for a potential human mission to Mars. The final report was published in mid 2004.
The project spanned four major objectives. The primary, to demonstrate the feasibility of using easily deployable habitats for humans, plants, and animals in subsurface voids such as caves, and lava tubes. Second, the project aimed to demonstrate the usefulness of these habits to scientific exploration on Mars. Third, it wanted to identify Martian features that could be simulated on Earth for further study. The fourth, and last objective identified by the final report was to demonstrate the feasibility of individual subcomponents of a habitat including airlock units, habitat modules, and telecommunication among other infrastructure to facilitate human life and research.
Underground structures such as caves were identified as potentially advantageous to crews missions to Mars for the protection they provide from the elements of the harsh Martian environment, and access to essential subsurfaces resources such as geothermal energy sources, and water.
Further, the project studied designs for inflatable modules and other such structures that would aid the astronauts to build a livable environment for humans and other Earthian creatures.
The final report, titled Human Utilization Of Subsurface Extraterrestrial Environments, is divided into 10 parts.
Section 1 summarizes the entire project and claims that "This project developed a revolutionary system to exploit the novel idea of extraterrestrial cave use" and explaining that two experiments or "Missions" were tested to gather data.
Section 2 addresses the question of "why caves [for martian research bases]?" and provides a variety of different answers to the advantages of using caves as a foothold in Martian exploration such as:
This section also contains some speculation on the existence and locations of such caves and what types of caves exist on Mars however it is largely outdated by newer research such as the HiRISE and THEMIS missions.
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Caves of Mars Project
The Caves of Mars Project was an early 2000s program funded through Phase II[clarification needed] by the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts, now known as the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts to demonstrate the feasibility of constructing human habitats in Martian caves, lavatubes, and other subsurface voids to facilitate scientific research for a potential human mission to Mars. The final report was published in mid 2004.
The project spanned four major objectives. The primary, to demonstrate the feasibility of using easily deployable habitats for humans, plants, and animals in subsurface voids such as caves, and lava tubes. Second, the project aimed to demonstrate the usefulness of these habits to scientific exploration on Mars. Third, it wanted to identify Martian features that could be simulated on Earth for further study. The fourth, and last objective identified by the final report was to demonstrate the feasibility of individual subcomponents of a habitat including airlock units, habitat modules, and telecommunication among other infrastructure to facilitate human life and research.
Underground structures such as caves were identified as potentially advantageous to crews missions to Mars for the protection they provide from the elements of the harsh Martian environment, and access to essential subsurfaces resources such as geothermal energy sources, and water.
Further, the project studied designs for inflatable modules and other such structures that would aid the astronauts to build a livable environment for humans and other Earthian creatures.
The final report, titled Human Utilization Of Subsurface Extraterrestrial Environments, is divided into 10 parts.
Section 1 summarizes the entire project and claims that "This project developed a revolutionary system to exploit the novel idea of extraterrestrial cave use" and explaining that two experiments or "Missions" were tested to gather data.
Section 2 addresses the question of "why caves [for martian research bases]?" and provides a variety of different answers to the advantages of using caves as a foothold in Martian exploration such as:
This section also contains some speculation on the existence and locations of such caves and what types of caves exist on Mars however it is largely outdated by newer research such as the HiRISE and THEMIS missions.
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